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Steve McManaman

Liverpool: Steve McManaman assesses the Reds' Champions League chances and gives his player to watch this season

By Ed McCambridge, Mark White

Liverpool legend McManaman thinks that Liverpool's European exit last season wasn't representative of the level that the team has been at - and backs the club to do better this season

Mateusz Klich

Mateusz Klich interview: "Marcelo Bielsa changed my life. I don’t know where I’d be if it weren't for him"

By Martin Harasimowicz

Mateusz Klich has been with Leeds every step of their Marcelo Bielsa odyssey – and few are as grateful to the Argentine as the Polish midfielder. Can the Whites cement themselves as the Premier League neutrals' choice?

Georgi Kinkladze

Exclusive: Former Manchester City star Georgi Kinkladze explains how he delayed an Oasis gig by two hours

By FourFourTwo Staff

Kinkladze told FFT he has no regrets about any of his time playing for Manchester City - apart from maybe making his pals, the Gallagher brothers, late for a show once...

Lionel Messi

Albert Ferrer: “Only a collective effort can replace Lionel Messi at Barcelona”

By Mark White

LaLigaTV commentator and pundit, Albert Ferrer, says that no individual can step into Messi's colossal role - but that the Barcelona team may be more balanced as a result

Ricardo Carvalho Chelsea

Ricardo Carvalho answers YOUR questions: "Jose Mourinho doesn’t accept losses very well. We knew how difficult it was for to live with him after a defeat"

By Marcus Alves

Ricardo Carvalho was Jose Mourinho's most trusted defender at Porto, Chelsea and Real Madrid, but the Portuguese pair didn't always see eye to eye. Carvalho reflects on a trophy-laden career by answering FFT readers' toughest posers...

Pat Nevin Chelsea

Pat Nevin interview: “My nickname was ‘Weirdo’ for a long time. I was always thinking, ‘Oh, no I’m the normal one…”

By Matt Barker

Chelsea winger Pat Nevin saw himself as a student, music critic and activist before a footballer. During his 1980s heyday, Nevin was the game's great outsider, regularly appearing in the NME, his alternative diversions featuring knife attacks, The Proclaimers and Saddam Hussein’s secret police...

Long Reads

Cristiano Ronaldo, Manchester United

Manchester United can’t rely on Cristiano Ronaldo – and his last stint proves why

By Gary Parkinson

Cristiano Ronaldo will continue to score goals. But, worries Gary Parkinson, will enough of his team-mates still do so in a system retooled around the main man?

Gareth Southgate, England, Euro 96

"Why didn't you just belt it?" How Gareth Southgate's Euro 96 miss helped him as England manager

By Ryan Herman

Gareth Southgate once feared the Euro 96 penalty would overshadow everything – before he realised he could use it to his advantage. Now, Euro 2020 will define him

Greece Euro 2004

When Greece won Euro 2004: Angelos Charisteas on the “miracle” shock victory

By Angelos Charisteas

Angelos Charisteas scored the winning goal for Greece in the Euro 2004 final against Denmark. This is the story of that unlikely success

Rafael Benitez

Rafa Benitez: “Protest banners? There weren’t too many, and they were only A4”

By Chris Flanagan

FFT spoke to new Everton manager Rafa Benitez back in 2019 after he left Newcastle for a new challenge in China – about a potential Premier League return and protests from unhappy fans in blue. It’s funny how things turn out…

Belgium, Roberto Martinez

Belgium manager Robert Martinez interview: "The opportunity to manage De Bruyne and Hazard is a challenge you sacrifice anything for"

By Richard Edwards

Roberto Martinez's Belgium came third at the World Cup, sit atop the FIFA world rankings and have a golden generation the likes of which the country has never seen. But can they make it count at Euro 2020?

Marco van Basten, Netherlands Euro 88

Marco van Basten's volley, Euro 88: The story behind the Netherlands' most famous goal

By Gary Parkinson

Marco van Basten led the Netherlands to a Euro 88 win courtesy of a brilliant strike in the final against the Soviet Union. Not bad for their third-choice forward...